New Delhi: Former Karnataka leader G Janardhana Reddy's custody ends on Tuesday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and mining baron has been in jail since he was arrested in connection with an illegal mining scam in September, 2011. The CBI in its chargesheet in the Bellary illegal mining case had charged Gali Janardhan Reddy, Srinivasa Reddy, VD Rajagopal and the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) under sections 120-B, 409, 420,...
09:47 AM, Apr 03, 2012
Bellary: The CBI on Thursday issued summons to owner of a logistics company and mining baron Janardhan Reddy's close aide, Swastik Nagarj, in connection with its ongoing probe into illegal mining in Karnataka to appear before it in Bangalore within a week. "Summons have been issued to Swastik Logistics in connection with illegal mining case," CBI sources said in Bellary. Summons have also been issued to 12 other logistics companies...
05:06 AM, Mar 30, 2012
Hyderabad: A special CBI court on Thursday extended till January 25 the judicial custody of former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhana Reddy and three others accused in the "illegal" mining case involving Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC). Janardhan Reddy, lodged in Chanchalguda Jail in Hyderabad along with brother-in-law and OMC Managing Director BV Srinivasa Reddy since September last after being arrested by the CBI from Bellary in adjoining Karnataka, and another accused,...
02:49 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Bangalore: With an eye on the December 22 bypoll to the lone Legislative Council seat, ruling BJP in Karnataka on Wednesday revoked suspension of its four rebel Bellary legislators including G Somasekhara Reddy, brother of jailed former minister G Janardhana Reddy. The party revoked suspension of Somasekhara Reddy, HT Suresh Babu, B Nagendra (all MLAs) and MLC Mruthyunjaya Jinaga, state unit BJP President KS Eswarappa told. The party had suspended...
12:31 AM, Dec 15, 2011
Bangalore: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in deep trouble in Karnataka after its rebel leader Sriramulu's landslide victory in the Bellary bypoll. Sriramulu, a supporter of Reddy brothers, has now claimed the support of 14 MLAs in the state, and has indicated that he may float his own party. "I have the numbers to form a new party. I will give you more details after a short while," he...
01:25 PM, Dec 08, 2011
BANGALORE/BELLARY: Former minister B Sriramulu wants to make his re-entry into the Assembly as grand as his victory in the recently concluded Bellary byelection. A big procession is being planned by Sriramulus fans on Wednesday morning before he takes oath as the MLA. According to sources, Sriramulu fans who will throng the capital on Wednesday from across the state would take their leader in a procession from Bannappa Park to...
10:07 AM, Dec 07, 2011
Bangalore: Close aide of the Bellary Reddys, B Sriramulu won the by-elections of Bellary by a whopping 48,000 votes, bringing quite an embarrassment for the BJP, the party which he quit. There were celebrations after what was seen to be a battle for political survival. What is worse for the BJP was that its candidate even lost the deposit. "I don't believe it's my victory; it's a victory of the...
09:15 PM, Dec 04, 2011
Bellary: Stung by the BJP's defeat in the Bellary bypoll, Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Sunday said the "mistakes" committed by the party in the last three years were responsible for the loss. However, he tried to put up a brave front, saying the party has made a good beginning in the region by securing more than 17,000 votes - from being "zero" there. "We had zero votes...
05:14 PM, Dec 04, 2011
New Delhi: The Reddy brothers right hand man and former Karnataka minister B Sriramulu's victory in a bypoll has not come as a surprise to both politicians and politics watchers in Karnataka. But, his huge victory margin (over 47,000 votes) has shocked the ruling BJP, which lost even the deposit in this high voltage mini-battle. When Sriramulu quit BJP to fight election as an independent three months ago, BJP thought...
01:59 PM, Dec 04, 2011
New Delhi: Independent candidate B Sriramulu on Sunday won Bellary (Rural) Assembly bypoll in Karnataka by more than 47,000 votes. It's a huge blow for the ruling BJP in Karnataka as the rebel candidate and Janardhana Reddy aide B Sriramulu won the crucial bypoll by a huge margin. Sreeramulu, a close associate of jailed mining baron and former minister G Janardhana Reddy, secured 74,527 votes and retained the seat which...
11:37 AM, Dec 04, 2011
New Delhi: A huge blow for the ruling BJP in Karnataka as the rebel candidate and Janardhana Reddy aide B Sriramulu is on course for a huge victory in the Bellary bypolls while the ruling BJP has routed in the mining heartland. 14 rounds of counting are over and final results are expected shortly. All eyes are on Bellary as the results of the bypoll will be declared on Sunday...
10:54 AM, Dec 04, 2011
New Delhi: All eyes are on Bellary as the results of the bypoll will be declared on Sunday and it could change Karnataka's political course as the by-polls are being seen as a litmus test for mining barons, the Reddy brothers. Their aide B Sriramulu, who quit the BJP, contested the bypoll elections as an Independent candidate. Sriramulu had quit the party after he was denied a ministerial berth following...
07:40 AM, Dec 04, 2011
Bellary: Karnataka Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda on Saturday said the outcome of the November 30 Bellary bypoll, where rebel BJP leader and former minister B Sreeramulu contested as an Independent, would not have any impact on his government. "The outcome of the bypoll will not have any impact on the BJP government," he told reporters in Bangalore. He was optimistic that BJP candidate Gadilingappa would win the poll, counting...
01:36 AM, Dec 04, 2011
Hyderabad: Jailed former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy, an accused in the illegal mining case involving Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), on Saturday moved the Andhra Pradesh High Court to seek bail after his similar pleas were earlier rejected by a local court. The mining baron who owns OMC, in his bail petition pleaded that investigations in the OMC case are over and he be released on bail. The bail application...
08:18 PM, Dec 03, 2011
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed the chargesheet in the Bellary illegal mining case on Saturday. Filing the chargesheet in the CBI special court, the apex investigation agency has charged Gali Janardhan Reddy, Sreenivasa Reddy, VD Rajagopal and the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) under sections 120-B, 409, 420, 468,471 of the IPC and under 13(2) r\w 13(1)(d) of PC Act, 1988. The CBI arrested OMC Director D...
11:00 AM, Dec 03, 2011
New Delhi: Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) Director D Rajshekhar has been arrested in the Bellary illegal mining case on Friday morning. He is the brother-in-law of VD Rajagopal who is already in CBI custody in the same case. The CBI arrested VD Rajagopal, the former vice-chairman and managing director (in-charge) of Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation on November 13 Rajagopal is the third person to be arrested in the OMC...
11:53 AM, Dec 02, 2011
Bellary: Voting began on Wednesday for bypoll to Bellary (Rural) Assembly segment where the ruling BJP is locked in a bitter contest with rebel leader B Sriramulu, who is seeking re-election as an independent. People started casting ballot amid a thick security blanket with some 2,500 personnel, including central paramilitary force, civil police and home guards, deployed in the constituency. Of the 195 polling stations, 132 have been declared as...
10:31 AM, Nov 30, 2011
Bangalore: Bellary has turned into a fortress ahead of Tuesday's bypoll and it's a litmus test for the BJP as many of the party MLAs have been supporting independent candidate Sriramulu who's being backed by the Reddy brothers. Sriramulu, a close aide of the Reddy brothers and a former BJP minister resigned three months ago. It's also the first poll after the illegal mining expose in Karnataka, and a lot...
07:29 AM, Nov 30, 2011
BELLARY: All preparations for the Bellary bypoll scheduled for November 30 are in place, said Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer A A Biswas. Addressing the media along with IGP (Eastern Range) Sanjay Sayi at the deputy commissioners office here on Monday, Biswas said that a total of 195 polling booths have been set up and 950 polling staff have been trained for the voting process. 36 micro-observers, 19 MCC...
11:10 AM, Nov 29, 2011
Bellary (Karnataka): Mining barons Reddy brothers seem to be preparing for a complete break from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka with their associate B Sriramulu on Monday announcing plans for a new outfit. The brothers, pampered by the party till recently, are already taking on the BJP in their stronghold Bellary in the November 30 bypoll to the state assembly from Bellary Rural constituency. The iron ore...
06:40 PM, Nov 28, 2011
